Tuesday, January 08, 2008 Lintuan slay suspect gets lawyer By Rhodamae M. Hernandez
THE man, who was pointed to as the gunman in the killing of broadcaster Fernando "Batman" Lintuan, has sought the legal services of Philip Pantojan.
Pantojan submitted a notice of entry of appearance, saying he will be representing Oliver Baldonado Antoc, 30, resident of Ciudad de Esperanza in Buhangin, Davao City for the two charges filed against him.
The charges of violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act are now with Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 9, while RTC Branch 17 will handle the charges of illegal possession of a firearm.
Antoc was charged based on the joint affidavit of arrest by PO3 Melvin Joseph Violan and PO2 Anthony Dechaves of the Regional Special Operation Group of the Police Regional Office Southern Mindanao.
In their affidavit, the policemen said that around 6:15 p.m. of December 28, they were tipped off that an armed man was buying roasted chicken in La Verna Hills in Buhangin.
They proceeded to the area and arrested the man who identified himself as Antoc and disarmed him of a caliber .45 pistol colt commander and three magazines loaded with 28 live bullets.
A sachet of crystalline substance believed to be shabu was also confiscated from his possession when he was at the police office.
Antoc was also identified by two witnesses in a police lineup as the one who shot Lintuan just over a hundred meters from the dxGO radio station along R. Castillo Street in Agdao at 9:40 a.m. of December 24.
